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About WSP

WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms. Dedicated to serving local communities, we are engineers, planners, technical experts, strategic advisors and construction management professionals. WSP USA designs lasting solutions in the buildings, transportation, energy, water and environment markets. With more than 15,000 employees in over 300 offices across the U.S., we partner with our clients to help communities prosper.

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WSP provides a flexible and agile workplace model while meeting client needs. Employees are also afforded a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career.

At WSP, we want to give our employees the challenges they seek to grow their careers and knowledge base. Your daily contributions to your team will be essential in meeting client objectives, goals and challenges. Are you ready to get started?

WSP USA (and all of its U.S. companies) is an Equal Opportunity Employer Race/Age/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Disability or Protected Veteran Status.

The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.

NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES:

WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or other staffing services. Unsolicited resumes include any resume or hiring document sent to WSP in the absence of a signed Service Agreement where WSP has expressly requested recruitment/staffing services specific to the position at hand. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers or other business leaders, will become the property of WSP and WSP will have the right to hire that candidate without reservation – no fee or other compensation will be owed or paid to the recruiter, employment agency, or other staffing service.

This Opportunity

WSP is growing and we have an exciting opportunity for a Mid Level Environmental Scientist to work with our environmental group located in Utah and the Mountain West from our Salt Lake City office. We offer a good mix of office and field work, a variety of interesting projects and the opportunity to learn and grow.

WSP’s Salt Lake City office provides a broad range of services in engineering and environmental sciences including environmental assessment and remediation, water resources, environmental compliance, geotechnical design, transportation and materials testing. Our ideal candidate will be excited about the opportunity to support our environmental consulting business and possess knowledge and technical skills in investigation, CERCLA, RCRA, remediation technologies, remedial solution implementation and compliance monitoring, permit preparation and compliance programs, including state and federal rules & regulations.

Are you looking for an opportunity to work with an established engineering consulting firm that values its employee’s enthusiasm and technical contributions? We encourage you to apply for this opportunity. We are dedicated to providing the atmosphere to allow individuals to grow their career. We offer a varied and interesting diversity of clients and projects. We’d love you to join our team of friendly, hard-working, dedicated and collaborative professionals. Our ideal candidate is seeking challenging work and is committed to quality.

Your Impact

• Will work under the supervision and mentorship of a Senior Environmental Scientist

• Support state, federal, municipal, commercial, and industrial environmental investigations, remediation, decommissioning and redevelopment projects

• Conduct a variety of field services for environmental site investigation and remediation activities, including drilling technologies such as direct push, hollow stem auger, and sonic drilling

• Will provide oversight of drilling subcontractors and other supporting subcontractors and the management of investigation derived waste

• Plan and perform assigned tasks under limited supervision, such as the collection of soil, soil vapor, sediment, surface water and groundwater samples in accordance with state and federal regulations and standard operating procedures

• Will travel to project sites primarily in Utah and the mountain west regions. Approximately 20-30% travel.

• Support environmental report preparation for environmental due diligence, permitting, site characterization, soil and groundwater investigations, corrective action plans, sampling and analysis plans/quality assurance project plans, remedial design and implementation

• Support other disciplines in field services including geotechnical site investigations, materials field sampling and testing as needed.

• Support environmental projects with asbestos inspections and reporting.

Who You Are

Required Qualifications

• B.S. degree in Environmental Science, Geology, Hydrogeology or other related fields

• Minimum 3 - 5 years + of environmental experience with increasing responsibility

• Ability to work efficiently and demonstrate effective organizational skills

• Experience with project reporting, including compilation and interpretation of field and analytical data and synthesizing field notes for technical report narratives

• Knowledge of mountain west state and federal regulations

• Must be a self-starter, team oriented with excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Proficiency with the use of standard software packages including MS Excel, Word, and PowerPoint

• Ability and willingness to travel to project sites primarily in Utah and the mountain west regions. Approximately 20-30% travel.

• Must pass physical, background check and must have a satisfactory driving record in accordance with the Company's driving (MVR) policy

Preferred Qualifications:

• Utah asbestos inspector accreditation preferred, but not required.

• 40-hour OSHA HAZWOPER Training, MSHA training desirable